"of ""I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls""; one is included on Sutherland's compilation disc ""La Stupenda"". Sutherland's husband, conductor Richard Bonynge, recorded a complete version of ""The Bohemian Girl"" with Sutherland and Bonynge's protégée, Nova Thomas, singing the title role. It is one of the only complete recordings of the entire opera and still in print via ArkivMusic. Balfe: ""The Bohemian Girl"", National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra recorded the opera's overture for RCA Victor in 1958 for an album titled ""Boston Tea Party"". It was released on LP in"
"in Oliver Knussen's opera ""Where the Wild Things Are"" (1980). In 2007, she was awarded an honorary doctorate (along with her husband Anthony Payne) by the University of Durham, the first time the university has ever honoured a married couple in this way. Jane Manning Jane Marian Manning OBE (born 20 September 1938) is an English concert and opera soprano, writer on music, and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. She has been described by one critic as ""the irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable Ms. Manning – life and soul of British contemporary music"" In 1966, she married the composer"
"Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Opera Foundation, Deaf and Blind Association, Cancer Council of Australia, Opera & Arts Support Group, Opera Foundation Australia and sponsored a child for World Vision Australia for 10 years. She moved back to Australia in 2005 and is still performing. Verdi Requiem with Simone Young, ABC Classics and Opera Australia, Mahler Symphony No.2 with Markus Stenz and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No.8 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sydney Symphony Orchestra,The Bohemian Girl by Balfe with Richard Bonynge (Decca), Lurline by William Vincent Wallace with Richard Bonynge (Naxos),Stravinsky's Pulcinella with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, DVD –"
"including performances in Australia, Japan, Russia, South Africa, and the United States. In addition she has made numerous award-winning recordings for various labels including Avie, BIS, Caprice, CPO Germany, and Harmonia Mundi, among others. She also teaches singing, having taught Baroque singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Scandinavian Bach Academy in Örebro. In 1988 she married Hans Bjerhag (born 1959) and they now live together in Stockholm. Susanne Rydén Susanne Ingegerd Rydén (born 2 October 1962) is a Swedish soprano who has been called ""Sweden's most renowned singer"". She specializes in early music and has"
"with Jan Garbarek. In 1960, she was married to Thomas Reynolds Pierpoint, Jr. (1922–1999). She died during 2006 in Oslo. Ingrid Bjoner Ingrid Kristine Bjoner Pierpoint (8 November 1927 – 4 September 2006) was a Norwegian soprano who had a international opera career between 1956 and 1990. She was particularly celebrated for her portrayal of Wagnerian heroines and for her performances in operas by Richard Strauss. In addition to performing in operas, Bjoner was an active concert soloist and recital performer throughout her career. She was born at Kråkstad in Akershus, Norway. Her parents were Johan Bjoner (1877–1950) and Alma"
"Jane Manning Jane Marian Manning OBE (born 20 September 1938) is an English concert and opera soprano, writer on music, and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. She has been described by one critic as ""the irrepressible, incomparable, unstoppable Ms. Manning – life and soul of British contemporary music"" In 1966, she married the composer Anthony Payne, but she does not use her married name professionally. The daughter of Gerald Manville Manning and Lily Manning (née Thompson), Manning was born in Norwich in 1938 and educated at Norwich High School for Girls, the Royal Academy of Music (graduating"
"in Cambridgeshire with her husband, music critic Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk. Jill Gomez Jill Carnegy, Countess of Northesk (""née"" Gomez) (born 21 September 1942) is a Trinidadian and British soprano who enjoyed an active career on the operatic stage and in the concert hall in a wide repertoire, and has made many recordings. Gomez was born in New Amsterdam, Guyana, to a Hispano-Trinidadian father and British mother; was raised in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and has made her career primarily in the United Kingdom. After studying briefly at St. Joseph's Convent (Port of Spain) in Trinidad"
"Monte Carlo Opera in 1947, where she began singing Wagnerian roles such as Kundry, the two Brunhildes and Ortrud. The success was such that she was invited to sing at the Berlin Staatsoper in ""Tristan und Isolde"", opposite Max Lorenz, in 1951. Just as an international career was in the making, Suzanne Juyol retired from the stage in 1960, aged only 40. She was married to Victor Serventi, a voice teacher at the Paris Opera. Suzanne Juyol Suzanne Juyol (1 January 1920 in Paris – 20 July 1994 in Paris) was a French opera singer, the leading dramatic soprano of"
"continual frustration to Candide's advancement. The roles were re-written specifically for Bottone. He has performed the roles at the Royal Festival Hall, La Scala Milan and the English National Opera to critical acclaim. Bonaventura Bottone has an extensive concert repertoire, which has taken him to many of the world's leading concert halls. He has sung with numerous prominent international conductors, including: Richard Bonynge, Sir Andrew Davis, Jacques Delacote, Sir Edward Downes, Sir Mark Elder, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Bernard Haitink KBE CH, Richard Hickox, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Carlo Rizzi and Jeffrey Tate. Bottone's"
"to the actor Gabriel Woolf; they have a daughter, Emily (b. 1984). Felicity Lott Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, (born 8 May 1947) is an English soprano. Lott was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. From her earliest years she was musical, having started studying piano at age 5. She also played violin and began singing lessons at 12. She is an alumna of Royal Holloway, University of London, obtaining a BA in French and Latin in 1969. She made her debut in 1975 as Pamina in Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"" at the English National Opera. In 1976 she appeared in the"
"citizen in October 1923. He married Camille Torno, whose French parents had immigrated to the US from Algeria. Inspired by Speyer's playing, the art patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge convinced Arthur Honegger in 1947 to write a concerto for English horn. Though Honegger ended up writing a double concerto premiered in 1949 in Europe without Speyer, the Concerto da camera for flute, English horn and orchestra is dedicated to him. Numerous other English horn works have been dedicated to Speyer. Among the better known is Paul Hindemith's English horn sonata completed in 1941 at the end of a summer at Tanglewood."
"""Queen roles"" at the Liceu with Richard Bonynge conducting and Giancarlo Del Monaco directing. She married North Carolina native and opera director Kenneth Smith, who was then performance house manager at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1976. They currently reside in Durham, North Carolina, where Weidinger heads the ""Triangle Opera Studios"", an organization designed to provide performance opportunities for advanced voice students in a professional setting to prepare them for professional engagements. . Christine Weidinger Christine Weidinger (born March 31, 1946) is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1970s."
"oratorio ""Ruth"", his wife sang the soprano part at the 1870 premiere, the last performance of her career. Otto Goldschmidt Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt (21 August 1829 – 24 February 1907) was a German composer, conductor and pianist, known for his piano concertos and other piano pieces. He married the ""Swedish Nightingale"", soprano Jenny Lind. Goldschmidt was born in Hamburg, Germany, and his parents were salesman Moritz David Goldschmidt and women's rights activist Johanna Goldschmidt. He had seven siblings, and his wealthy and well-educated parents belonged to the community of liberal Reform Jews in Germany. Since his mother was musically"
"Helen Roberts Helen Florence Roberts (15 July 1912 – 12 December 2010), later known as Betty Roberts and by her married name, Betty Walker, was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. After beginning her career touring in Italy and then England in grand opera, Roberts joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a principal soprano in 1938. She remained with that company for ten years, marrying another company member, the baritone Richard Walker, in 1944. After four more years of theatre in Britain,"
"week. Among conductors with whom she worked whom she found sympathetic to the singer, she cited Carlo Felice Cillario and Richard Bonynge. In 1980 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1981 she moved to Sydney and joined the Australian Opera. Her autobiography, ""Wait till the sun shines, Nellie"", was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1986. She died in Sydney in 2001, aged 67. Rita Hunter Rita Hunter CBE (15 August 193329 April 2001) was a British operatic dramatic soprano. Rita Hunter was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and lived in Limekiln Lane. During"
"Catherine Foster Catherine Foster (born 1975) is an English operatic soprano, who has appeared internationally, mostly in European opera houses. Her repertoire has focused on dramatic soprano roles in stage works by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner, such as the title role of ""Elektra"", and Brünnhilde in ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", a role which she performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 2013 for Wagner's bicentenary. Born in Nottingham, Foster played several musical instruments as a girl, and was a lead chorister in the choir of the village church from age 15. She worked first as a nurse and midwife for"
"divorced him in 1989, but reunited with him in 1995 and embarked on what ""The Sydney Morning Herald"" described as ""their wilderness years"" in London, remarrying in 1999. In 2012 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Amanda Thane Amanda Louise Thane (18 December 1953 – 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano known for her interpretations of roles such as Violetta in Verdi's ""La traviata"", Liù in Puccini's ""Turandot"", Eva in Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger"", and the title role in Donizetti's ""Maria Stuarda"". She sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1991 to 2000,"
"more than thirty opera houses in Italy among which those in Rome, Parma, Turin, Venice, Trieste, Bologna, Lucca, Genova, Verona, Bari and Palermo. Ms. Renée has performed under the baton of such distinguished conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Richard Bonynge, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Luciano Berio, Daniel Barenboim, Alain Lombard, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Gustav Kuhn, Evelino Pido, and John Mauceri. The soprano’s repertoire includes La Bohème (Mimi and Musetta), Tosca, La Traviata, Otello, Simon Boccanegra, Falstaff (Alice Ford), Aida (Sacerdotessa), Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza), Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa) Don Giovanni (Zerlina e Donna Elvira) Zaide, Idomeneo, Cosi Fan Tutte (Despina),"
"Catherine Hayes (soprano) Catherine Hayes, married name Catherine Bushnell, (1818? – 11 August 1861) was a world-famous Irish soprano of the Victorian era. According to London's ""Daily Express"", ""Hayes was the 'Madonna' of her day; she was the 19th-century operatic equivalent of the world's most famous pop star."" Hayes was baptised on 8 November 1818, in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick. She was born of humble Anglo-Irish parentage at 4 Patrick Street, Limerick. Her father was the musician Arthur Williamson Hayes; abandoned the family in 1823, and Catherine Hayes, aged 5, grew up very poor with her mother, Mary Carroll, and"
"is married to Stephen Matthews, a former chorister and later a stage mechanic with Opera Australia. Her first roles took advantage of her sweet light coloratura voice (capable of a top F), her good looks, and her acting ability. She has appeared for Opera Australia as: She has later taken on more challenging roles, often being compared with Joan Sutherland who, with her husband Richard Bonynge, was something of a friend and mentor. Matthews has also been well received in concerts, with a repertoire from Mozart's Requiem, Haydn Masses, and Handel's ""Messiah"" to works by Brahms, Poulenc and Villa Lobos,"
"a dramatic soprano, Johansson has concentrated on the operas of Wagner and Strauss, notably Senta in ""The Flying Dutchman"", Elisabeth in ""Tannhäuser"", Isolde in ""Tristan und Isolde"", Brünhilde in both ""Die Walküre"" and ""Götterdämmerung"", the Empress in ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and the title roles of ""Elektra"", ""Salome"" and ""Ariadne auf Naxos"". In 2001, she was made a Berlin Kammersängerin. She has been married to Herwig Oswalder, a viola player with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, since 1994. Eva Johansson Eva Johansson (25 February 1958) is a Danish operatic soprano. Born in Copenhagen and educated at Ingrid Jespersens School, Johansson studied"
"Virginia Kerr Virginia Kerr (born 14 May 1954) is a prominent Irish soprano who appears frequently in concerts, opera, oratorio and recitals. She has sung with many of the world's leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, The Hallé and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Her operatic and concert performances have also taken her to Far East, Russia and North and South America. At the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden she has sung the roles of Jennifer in ""The Midsummer Marriage"", Frau in ""Erwartung"", Ortlinde in ""Die Walküre"", Guinivere in ""Gawain"". She"
"blend brilliantly."" ""Gramophone"" asserted that ""Fleming sings with plush tone and deep feeling, often sacrificing textual clarity in the process, and her swoops and swoons help bring out the connections to jazz."" Love Sublime Love Sublime is an album by Brad Mehldau and Renée Fleming. Prior to this album, Brad Mehldau had built a reputation as a jazz pianist, particularly with his trio. Soprano Renée Fleming was known for ""her operatic performances and recitals of classical art songs"". Mehldau's playing often encompassed classical music, while Fleming was interested in being a jazz vocalist from her time at college. Rainer Maria"
"theatre, along with traditional subjects. She was married to ; they have two sons, the physicist David Ashkenasi and the composer and actor . She retired from the opera with a recital at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, after 41 years at the house. Catherine Gayer Catherine Gayer (born February 11, 1937) is an American coloratura soprano, violinist, musicologist, and academic voice teacher. She made a career in Germany. A member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for more than four decades, she is known for her performance in premieres of contemporary operas, such as Luigi Nono's ""Intolleranza 1960"" at La Fenice"
"Love Sublime Love Sublime is an album by Brad Mehldau and Renée Fleming. Prior to this album, Brad Mehldau had built a reputation as a jazz pianist, particularly with his trio. Soprano Renée Fleming was known for ""her operatic performances and recitals of classical art songs"". Mehldau's playing often encompassed classical music, while Fleming was interested in being a jazz vocalist from her time at college. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote the poems collected in ""The Book of Hours"" around the turn of the twentieth century. Mehldau worked on the music for around two years. He and Fleming performed all of"
"Pauline de Ahna Pauline Maria de Ahna (4 February 186313 May 1950) was a German operatic soprano and the wife of composer Richard Strauss. De Ahna was born in Ingolstadt, the daughter of General Adolf de Ahna. She is best known as the wife of Richard Strauss, whom she married on 10 September 1894. His wedding present to her was the four songs of Opus 27: ""Ruhe, meine Seele!"", ""Cäcilie"", ""Heimliche Aufforderung"" and ""Morgen!"". He wrote many operatic roles for her, such as Freihild in ""Guntram"". She retired from the stage in 1906. De Ahna was famous for being eccentric,"
"Curiazi"", ""Virginia"", ""La muette de Portici"", ""Maria Padilla"", ""Torquato Tasso"". Janet Price Janet Price (born 1938) is a Welsh soprano particularly associated with the 19th-century Italian bel canto repertory. She has been married to composer Adrian Beaumont since 1963. Born in Pontypool, Wales, she studied piano and singing at the Cardiff University with Olive Groves, Isobel Baillie and Hervey Alan. She also studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. She made her debut in 1964 with the BBC Wales. In 1971, she appeared at the London Town Hall in a concert performance of Joseph Haydn's ""La fedeltà premiata"". She then specialized"
"Ingrid Bjoner Ingrid Kristine Bjoner Pierpoint (8 November 1927 – 4 September 2006) was a Norwegian soprano who had a international opera career between 1956 and 1990. She was particularly celebrated for her portrayal of Wagnerian heroines and for her performances in operas by Richard Strauss. In addition to performing in operas, Bjoner was an active concert soloist and recital performer throughout her career. She was born at Kråkstad in Akershus, Norway. Her parents were Johan Bjoner (1877–1950) and Alma Prestangen (1890–1982). She was the eighth of nine children born to a farming family. Bjoner was educated as a pharmacist"
"when Greta was a teenager. Her husband is Didier Elzinga, with whom she has two sons, Jude and Caspar. Greta Bradman Greta Bradman is an Australian operatic soprano. Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a performance of Handel's ""Rodelinda"" in 2014. Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program ""Australian Story"" in 2015. Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals. Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the"
"work) and, in her last years, at Gillingham, Dorset, in a retirement home where her two sisters lived. She died at The Malthouse, Gillingham, in December 2010, aged 98. Her remains were cremated at Salisbury Crematorium. Helen Roberts Helen Florence Roberts (15 July 1912 – 12 December 2010), later known as Betty Roberts and by her married name, Betty Walker, was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. After beginning her career touring in Italy and then England in grand opera, Roberts joined the"
"work: among these are ""The Magic Flute"", ""Don Giovanni"", ""Idomeneo"", ""Arabella"", ""Die Fledermaus"", ""Orfeo ed Euridice"", ""Hänsel und Gretel"", ""The Merry Widow"", ""La bohème"", ""La traviata"", and ""Martha"", and a much-celebrated ""The Marriage of Figaro"". Her partners on stage and on records included, among many others, Lisa della Casa, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich, Irmgard Seefried, Nicolai Gedda, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, and Rudolf Schock. Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (19 June 192424 May 2010) was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1943 to 1983. She specialized in the lyric coloratura soprano repertoire, and"
"became an enthusiast of the work and eventually convinced her that she should perform the role of Esclarmonde herself. The San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera premieres of ""Esclarmonde"" took place in 1974 and 1976 respectively. In 1977 he was the founding Music Director of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, when he conducted ""Le roi de Lahore"" staged there (in which his wife also took part). Bonynge made his Metropolitan Opera debut on 12 December 1966, and his last performance there was on 6 April 1991. Most of those performances he conducted there between 1966 and 1987 were with Sutherland"
"a number of less well-known Handel operas (including ""Deidamia"", ""Siroe"", ""Muzio Scevola"", ""Sosarme"", and ""Berenice""). She has also sung works by Henry Purcell, John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi, and Georg Philipp Telemann. Modern American composers whose music she has performed include Lukas Foss and Steve Reich. Julianne Baird Julianne Baird (born December 10, 1952 in Statesville, North Carolina) is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music. She has nearly 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras. She is also a noted teacher"